Trial reportCancer2022
The Survivorship Sleep Program (SSP): A synchronous, virtual cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia pilot program among cancer survivors.
Trial report in Cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04566068 (Adapted Telehealth Intervention for Insomnia Among Cancer Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Adapted Telehealth Intervention for Insomnia Among Cancer Survivors
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Effects of Various Delivery Methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Among Patients With Cancers: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions for managing clinically relevant sleep disturbances or insomnia in cancer patients and survivors: an up-to-date systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported sleep disturbance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in People With Chronic Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA internal medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Interventions for insomnia in cancer patients and survivors-a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Pooled it
- Development of a Voice-Activated Virtual Assistant to Improve Insomnia Among Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Telehealth group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in primary brain tumor: Primary outcomes from a single-arm phase II feasibility and proof-of-concept trial.Neuro-oncology · 2024Trial
- A small pilot trial of virtual group cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in gynecologic oncology patients.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2026Article
- Insomnia Proven to be Associated With Prostate Cancer: A Genetic Correlation Study Incorporating Lifestyle Factors.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cancer survivors' acceptability and perspectives on engagement with digital cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia: a mixed methods perspective.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Treatment-related changes in insomnia, anticipatory pleasure, and depression symptoms: A proof-of-concept study with cancer survivors.Sleep medicine · 2023Article
- Living Your Best Life: Lifestyle Medicine for All Women.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- Nationally recruited telehealth group-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in patients with primary brain tumors: A randomized NIH ORBIT Phase IIc study.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundFor cancer survivors, insomnia is prevalent, distressing, and persists for years if unmanaged. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is an effective treatment yet can be difficult to access and may require modification to address survivorship-specific barriers to sleep. In this 2-phase study, the authors adapted and assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of synchronous, virtual CBT-I adapted for cancer survivors (the Survivorship Sleep Program [SSP]).
methodsFrom April to August 2020, cancer survivors with insomnia (N = 10) were interviewed to refine SSP content and delivery. From October 2020 to March 2021, 40 survivors were recruited for a randomized controlled trial comparing 4 weekly SSP sessions with enhanced usual care (EUC) (CBT-I referral plus a sleep hygiene handout). Feasibility and acceptability were assessed by enrollment, retention, attendance, fidelity, survey ratings, and exit interviews. Insomnia severity (secondary outcome), sleep quality, sleep diaries, and fatigue were assessed at baseline, postintervention, and at 1-month follow-up using linear mixed models.
resultsThe SSP included targeted content and clinician-led, virtual delivery to enhance patient centeredness and access. Benchmarks were met for enrollment (56% enrolled/eligible), retention (SSP, 90%; EUC, 95%), attendance (100%), and fidelity (95%). Compared with EUC, the SSP resulted in large, clinically significant improvements in insomnia severity (Cohen d = 1.19) that were sustained at 1-month follow-up (Cohen d = 1.27). Improvements were observed for all other sleep metrics except sleep diary total sleep time and fatigue.
conclusionsSynchronous, virtually delivered CBT-I targeted to cancer survivors is feasible, acceptable, and seems to be efficacious for reducing insomnia severity. Further testing in larger and more diverse samples is warranted.
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